• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

Now goþ þis marchaunt faste and bysyly Til he cam in to Bruges meryly To Flaundres ward his prentys wel him gydeþ þe morne came and forþ þis marchaunt rydeþ Til þat daun Iohn rydeþ to his abbeye þey dranken

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

causeþ more dispence And compynable and reuerent was sche A wyf he hadde of excellent beaute That riche was for which men heelde him wys A Marchaunt whilom dwelled at Seint Denys Here bygynneþ þe schipmannes tale f . 204

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

A certeyn frankes and some wiþ him he ladde To borwe of certein frendes þat he hadde For which þis marchaunt is y wont to gon To paye xx þousand scheldes anon þat needes moste he make a Cheuesaunce For

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

shipmannes tale A Marchaunt whilom dwelt at seint denys That riche was for which men hild him wis A wyf he had of excellent beaute And compaynable and reuerent was she Which is a thing that causeth more dispence Than

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

And thus I lete hem ete and drynke and pleye This Marchaunt and this monk a day or tweye The thrid day this Marchaunt vp riseth And on his nedes sadly him auyseth And vp in to his countyng hous

• Decorated initial 'A', at the beginning of the Tract against clerks., Tract against clerks (ends imperfectly)

in colours and gold (f. 4). Tract against clerks (ends imperfectly) Unidentified owner, 18th century: note attributing the tract to John Wycliffe (f. 1v). Thomas Thorpe, London bookseller: catalogue 1836, no. 1359; bought by Phillipps.Sir Thomas Phillipps (b. 1792, d.

• Text page with a marginal note by Humfrey, duke of Gloucester., De administratione principium (Le livre de l'information des princes)

Text page with a marginal note by Humfrey, duke of Gloucester. Catchwords and bifolium signatures. Numerous pointing hand (maniculae). 1 miniature in colours and gold of a king enthroned in council, with a full border and a foliate initial

• Detail of miniature with a monkey playing a lute., Splendor Solis (an alchemical treatise) (index Splendor of the Sun)

of the Sun) Charles II, king of England (b. 1630, d. 1685): a manuscript answering to 3469 was seen by John Evelyn in the library of Charles II at Whitehall Palace, 2 Sept. 1680, being described by him as follows:

• Miniature of a two-headed winged figure holding in his left hand a golden egg and in his right, a circular mirror., Splendor Solis (an alchemical treatise) (index Splendor of the Sun)

of the Sun) Charles II, king of England (b. 1630, d. 1685): a manuscript answering to 3469 was seen by John Evelyn in the library of Charles II at Whitehall Palace, 2 Sept. 1680, being described by him as follows:

• Detail of various scenes of daily life pictured in the border, including a man drawing water and a pig being slaughtered., Splendor Solis (an alchemical treatise) (index Splendor of the Sun)

of the Sun) Charles II, king of England (b. 1630, d. 1685): a manuscript answering to 3469 was seen by John Evelyn in the library of Charles II at Whitehall Palace, 2 Sept. 1680, being described by him as follows: